Early Watercraft in the Northeast on Tuesday, Nov. 20 from 12:10–12:40 pm at The New York State Museum in the Huxley Theater. Boatbuilding and water-borne travel have a long history in the Americas, pre-dating the arrival of European explorers by millennia. Seafaring and travel along inland waterways likely played a key role in the earliest settlement and dispersal of human groups throughout the Western Hemisphere. Join archaeologist Dr. Daria Merwin for a look at the archaeological and historical evidence of early watercraft in the Northeast. Free